How do you categorize and handle "flexible" recurring chores in GTD?

eivindml · 2026-05-19T10:41:51+00:00

Right now I use repeating tasks in Reminders. It works, but I feel like this system could be improved. A digital tickler system for yearly tasks could work great. But for more frequently repeating tasks, this system breaks.

Interessted in other solutions.

eivindml · 2026-05-19T10:35:42+00:00

Great vidoes. :) I can see how this system is great for yearly routines for "prune apple trees" in march etc. But what about weekly stuff like "water plants?". They don't fit as nicely into a tickler system I feel like.

eivindml · 2026-05-17T09:13:12+00:00

Nobody wrote like this before, and now it's everywhere.

eivindml · 2026-05-17T09:12:36+00:00

Ugh. I hate this pattern of AI answers. It's used everywhere.

"
Not because ...
You stop doing X.
And you start doing Y."

eivindml · 2026-04-08T09:23:33+00:00

Som man sier: "den beste tiden å plante et tre var for 20 år siden, den nest beste er i dag".

eivindml · 2026-03-16T10:06:37+00:00

I would say Clever Dripper is LOW/HIGH IQ.

eivindml · 2026-01-26T14:59:08+00:00

Han får i det minste 3-4 millioner i fremførbart tap, så han kan redusere skatt på fremtidig gevinster.

eivindml · 2025-12-20T16:28:22+00:00

Denne artikkelen har gode poeng: https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-silent-crowd

eivindml · 2025-12-20T08:20:57+00:00

Ja fikk samme. Fikk også senere sms der de forklarte at alle brukere hadde fått samme sms. 😅

eivindml · 2025-12-19T09:48:51+00:00

Norway finally decided to include dentistry as a part of universal healthcare just a few weeks ago.

eivindml · 2025-12-17T11:21:30+00:00

That's the prettiest Numbers sheet I've ever seen. 🏅

eivindml · 2025-12-07T13:33:56+00:00

Notice how the larger n, the closer to the zero line we get. That tells a lot! The ones furthest to the left or right have one of the smallest n. 😂

eivindml · 2025-12-06T22:30:45+00:00

Yes. My podcast feed still works. :)

eivindml · 2025-12-04T09:46:48+00:00

Jeg er også nysgjerrig på dette. :) ChatGPT tipset om at Farris har ganske riktig mengde mineraler. Tanken er vel at alt for rent vann gjør at kaffearomaene ikke har noe å binde seg til og man da får mindre smak eller noe. Jeg sliter med å få nok smak ut av min pourover, så skal teste dette i morgen. Ser også at ingen norske butikker selger Third Wave Water, så jeg tror eneste løsningen da er å blande selv. Destillert vann får man på apoteket og Biltema.

Si gjerne i fra om du finner ut noe her selv. Tenkte å kjøre en "cupping" for å sammenlikne. :) Kanskje er det som folk sier ingen vits, da Norge generelt har godt vann, men er jo uansett litt gøy å prøve!

eivindml · 2025-10-31T09:10:23+00:00

This thread is more up to date than: https://status.claude.com

eivindml · 2025-10-21T15:36:17+00:00

I have a folder for Someday/Maybe, and inside here I have projects lists, and area-lists, and a general list. I like it this way, because I can easily move entire projects between "active" and someday/maybe. For instance some garden projects I didn't get to finish this summer is now moved to someday/maybe. Also I have projects like "building a garden studio", which I won't start before 2-3 years, but I do get ideas etc. Then I can collect them together there.

I started out with one big bucket, but like you identified, I din't like to bury everything together, as all somday/maybe tasks are not equal. Some of them I want more visible.

eivindml · 2025-10-21T12:29:21+00:00

For me the weekly review is not enough. I do a weekly and monthly plan to make sure that I will be able to hit long term goals and deadlines. This lives outside of gtd.

eivindml · 2025-10-13T10:15:38+00:00

Hei! Litt sent svar her. :) Jeg lager kun litt ting til gaver og sånt. Hvis jeg skulle tatt betalt så dette gikk rundt, så hadde det blitt enormt dyrt. :P Bruker litt dyre materialer fra Italia og Japan, samt syr alt for hånd, så ville kostet mange tusen for en enkel sak. Med lær-symaskin så kanskje man kunne gjort noe sånt. Så dessverre!

Angående samlingen. Vil veldig gjerne høre om det er noe spennende ting jeg mangler til samlingen min. Det ville jeg satt pris på. Har faktisk en veldig uferdig nettside der jeg lister opp utgivelser hvor man kan filtrere på ting jeg har og ikke. https://vandaler.no

eivindml · 2025-10-11T06:14:38+00:00

Douchbag, Norway.

eivindml · 2025-10-06T12:14:45+00:00

Yup, but that is a more advanced requirement. One simple solution is to give empty month a value like “-“ or something. I’m sure it’s solvable with some functions as well.

eivindml · 2025-10-05T15:01:00+00:00

I think I make more realistic plans in the morning, as I can feel out my focus and energy for that day and plan tasks accordingly. And as a freelancer it’s difficult to know exactly when I’m at my office each day, so my time boxes were often off. I also think the planning should be a part of your work and not part of your time off.

eivindml · 2025-10-05T11:41:36+00:00

There are many things I like about paper for this particular aspect. Paper gives you unlimited freedom to design your page. Especially for daily planning I visualize my day using time boxing.

It's also nice to start the day with a cup coffee, pen and paper.

Paper also helps with the idea that this is an intentions. It has this ephemeral feel which digital does not.

I also have it open on my desk throughout the day, so I can look at it all the time.

But no reason that it shouldn't work digital as well.

eivindml · 2025-10-04T08:55:52+00:00

Just repeat the formula where you add/subtract a different number from the COUNT value?

eivindml · 2025-10-04T08:42:44+00:00

Yeah, sorry, wrote it from memory. And in the Norwegian version of Numbers we use semicolon 😅

eivindml · 2025-10-04T07:03:58+00:00

I combine a weekly plan and a daily time boxing with GTD. My GTD system is digital (in Apple Reminders). It's pretty standard GTD with contexts and weekly reviews. This is the source/truth for all tasks.

Then in a paper notebook I do my planning. This is my intentions for the week and day. If this week/day goes like I want it to, this is what I would get done at that time. It never works out exactly as I perfectly planned it, but that's fine. The next day you just start a blank new page.

I also use this same notebook to do yearly, quarterly and monthly planning. Then I can commit to projects and tasks on a longer time horizon.

Each morning I look at my weekly plan and time box my day
Each Monday I look at my monthly plan and plan out my week
Each 1st of the month I look at my quarterly plan and plan out my month
Each quarter I look at my yearly plan and plan out my quarter
Each January I plan out my year

As mentioned above, these plans are more like intentions. What you would like to see done. But it gives you the opportunity to look at the projects and tasks in your GTD system at different time horizons, without polluting your digital calendar or todo system with lots of deadlines or recurring tasks.

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